Two new disturbances near Africa

September 7, 2010|By Ken Kaye, Sun Sentinel

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring two new disturbances near Africa, giving both a 10 percent chance of development over the next two days.

On Tuesday morning, the larger of the two was between Africa and the Cape Verde Islands, moving west at 10 to 15 mph. The other was about 350 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands, moving west at 10 mph.

The former Tropical Storm Gaston, now a disorganized mess of clouds and showers over the northern Leeward Islands, is becoming less of a concern to Florida; models aim it toward the western Caribbean.

As of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, the hurricane center gave Gaston's remnants a 10 percent chance of redeveloping. That's down from 80 percent on Monday.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Hermine, the eighth named storm of the season, made landfall on Monday night just south of the Texas-Mexico border. On Tuesday morning, it was pelting southern Texas with heavy rains and gusty winds.